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The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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Pilot suicide bereavement support service launched in Scotland

NEWS 12 August 2021 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
Health & Social Care
The new service will work closely with families to ensure they have the support they need

https://tfn.scot/news/pilot-suicide-bereavement-support-service-launched-in-scotland

Charity calls for urgent action for neurology services

NEWS 2 November 2021 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
MS Society Scotland wants to see better support for those with long term conditions

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-calls-for-urgent-action-for-neurology-services

Scottish Rural & Islands Parliament opens 

NEWS 1 November 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Regeneration & Housing
This year also sees the inaugural Scottish Rural & Islands Youth Parliament.

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-rural-islands-parliament-opens

Extent of aid cuts unveiled as UK Government publishes impact assessment

NEWS 23 July 2025 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
The Foreign Office styled the cuts as a modernisation.

https://tfn.scot/news/extent-of-aid-cuts-unveiled-as-uk-government-publishes-impact-assessment

How we’re helping to lead Scotland’s third sector towards a net zero future

Mark Fraser
5 July 2023
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In 2019, the Scottish Government set an ambitious target – to reach net zero emissions by 2045.,As one of the first nations in the world to declare a climate emergency, the Scottish Government recognises,Funding for the project as a whole comes from Third Sector Unit at the Scottish Government, and from

https://scvo.scot/p/60569/2023/07/05/third_sector_net_zero_future

Foodbank crisis accelerates as welfare system fails more families, says CAS

NEWS 14 February 2014 by Alex Turnbull
Social Justice & Poverty
The growing need for foodbanks is a “crisis” that needs to be addressed urgently according to Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS).

https://tfn.scot/news/foodbank-crisis-accelerates-as-welfare-system-fails-more-families-says-cas

Is this power to the people?

OPINION 14 February 2014 by Alex Turnbull
Environment & International
Can legislation really help to empower communities? Ian Cooke, director of the Development Trusts Association Scotland, believes so

https://tfn.scot/opinion/is-this-power-to-the-people

Foodbank funding welcomed, but more must be done to fight poverty

NEWS 11 August 2014 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding for foodbanks welcomed, but the sources of poverty must be addressed

https://tfn.scot/news/foodbank-funding-welcomed-but-more-must-be-done-to-fight-povertry

Holyrood 2016: six steps to a sustainable Scotland

OPINION 8 April 2016 Guest post
Environment & International
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Six things the incoming parliament can to to improve the environment

https://tfn.scot/opinion/holyrood-2016-six-steps-to-a-sustainable-scotland

Scotland needs a review into social care

OPINION 27 July 2016 Guest post
Health & Social Care
​Heather Fisken on the urgent need for a review of the funding and structure of social care support in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/social-care-must-be-sustainably-funded

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2026. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.